The 2016 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–12 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. This was the first Big Sky tournament at a neutral site and the first to include all twelve conference members. The top two seeds met in the final; regular season champion Weber State defeated Montana and advanced to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds All 12 Big Sky schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference season record, with the top four teams receiving a first round bye. A tiebreaker system was used to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConference Tiebreaker 1Weber State 15–32Montana 14–43Idaho 12–64Idaho State 11–75North Dakota 10–81–1 vs. Weber State6Eastern Washington 10–80–1 vs. Weber State7 Montana State 9–98Portland State 8–109Northern Colorado 7–1110Sacramento State 6–1211Northern Arizona 3–151–1 vs. Idaho State12Southern Utah 3–150–2 vs. Idaho State

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#Score First round – Tuesday, March 81112:05 pm#8 Portland State vs. #9 Northern Colorado74–6722:35 pm#5 North Dakota vs. #12 Southern Utah85–8035:35 pm#7 Montana State vs. #10 Sacramento State75–7948:05 pm#6 Eastern Washington vs. #11 Northern Arizona 74–52 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 102512:05 pm#1 Weber State vs. #8 Portland State78–7462:35 pm#4 Idaho State vs. #5 North Dakota49–8375:35 pm#2 Montana vs. #10 Sacramento State70–5388:05 pm#3 Idaho vs. #6 Eastern Washington77–73 Semifinals – Friday, March 11395:35 pm#1 Weber State vs. #5 North Dakota83–78OT108:05 pm#2 Montana vs. #3 Idaho81–72 Championship – Saturday, March 124105:45 pm#1 Weber State vs. #2 Montana62–59 *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* – denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament The Wildcats received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or Weber State was seeded fifteenth in the East regional and lost to Xavier in the first round It was the tenth consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.

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